In 2014, the Company achieved various breakthroughs in exploration and the reserve replacement ratio for the year was 112%. Benefitting from the Company's innovations in "thinking outside the box", technology and management, the Company made 20 new commercial discoveries and appraised 18 oil and gas structures successfully. In the Western South China Sea, the milestone deepwater gas discovery Lingshui 17-2 marks a breakthrough in our independent deepwater exploration. A number of mid-to-large sized crude oil discoveries were made in Bohai, and at the end of 2014, the Company's net proved reserves were approximately 4.48 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), laying a solid foundation for the Company's sustainable development.

Last year, the Company achieved outstanding performance in development and production as oil and gas projects came on stream at a strong pace. A total of 13 new projects commenced production in succession. Including the Golden Eagle project in the UK North Sea, many of the new projects came on stream ahead of schedule and under budget. At the beginning of the year, the first large-scale deepwater gas field Liwan 3-1 successfully delivered first production, representing a new breakthrough for the Company's deepwater oil and gas field development. In 2014, net oil and gas production reached 432.5 million BOE, an increase of 5.1% year-over-year ("yoy"), meeting the production target set at the beginning of the year.